About 2 am on Monday police were called to a residence in Gungahlin following reports of an altercation and found a 56-year-old man with critical injuries. Officers performed CPR, however the man died at the scene.

Police said it had been a horrific attack and the man had suffered significant blood loss, but they would not say how he had been killed.

Police will allege the 30-year-old man was involved in the altercation before leaving the residence. He was arrested a short time later near Manning Clark Crescent.

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